Jezekiel 19
1 Moreover do you take up a lamentation for the prince of Israel,
Allah menyuruh aku menyanyikan ratapan ini untuk dua orang pangeran Israel:
2 and say, Why is your mother become a whelp in the midst of lions? in the midst of lions she has multiplied her whelps.
Ibumu bagaikan singa betina yang hebat dan luar biasa. Ia membesarkan anak-anaknya di antara singa-singa perkasa.
3 And one of her whelps sprang forth; he became a lion, and learnt to take prey, he devoured men.
Salah seekor anaknya dididiknya dan diajarinya mencari mangsa. Maka jadilah ia singa dewasa penerkam dan pemakan manusia.
4 And the nations heard a report of him; he was caught in their pit, and they brought him into the land of Egypt in chains.
Bangsa-bangsa yang mendengar tentang dia berkumpul untuk menangkapnya. Ia dijebak dalam lubang dan ditawan, lalu diseret ke Mesir dengan kaitan.
5 And she saw that he was driven away from her, [and] her hope [of him] perished, and she took another of her whelps; she made him a lion.
Sia-sia si induk menunggu anaknya; lalu ia tahu bahwa hilanglah harapannya. Maka anaknya yang lain dilatihnya menjadi singa ganas dan perkasa.
6 And he went up and down in the midst of lions, he became a lion, and learnt to take prey, he devoured men.
Anak singa itu menjadi dewasa dan bergaul dengan singa-singa lainnya. Ia belajar mencari mangsa, dan menjadi pemakan orang juga.
7 And he prowled in his boldness and laid waste their cities, and made the land desolate, and the fullness of it, by the voice of his roaring.
Benteng-benteng didobraknya, kota-kota dirusaknya. Seluruh penduduk negeri menjadi gentar mendengar aumnya yang bergelegar.
8 Then the nations set upon him from the countries round about, and they spread their nets upon him: he was taken in their pit.
Tetapi bangsa-bangsa dari wilayah sekelilingnya menyergapnya dari mana-mana. Mereka tebarkan jala untuk menangkapnya, dan ia pun terjebak dalam perangkap mereka.
9 And they put him in chains and in a cage, [and] he came to the king of Babylon; and he cast him into prison, that his voice should not be heard on the mountains of Israel.
Ia dimasukkan ke dalam kurungan singa lalu dibawa ke negeri Babel, menghadap raja. Ia dijaga kuat supaya aumnya jangan kedengaran lagi di atas bukit-bukit Israel yang tinggi.
10 Your mother was as a vine and as a blossom on a pomegranate tree, planted by water: her fruit and her shoot abounded by reason of much water.
Ibumu bagaikan pohon anggur permai yang tumbuh di kebun dekat anak sungai. Ia menjadi rindang dan berbuah sebab air di situ berlimpah-limpah.
11 And she became a rod for a tribe of princes, and was elevated in her bulk in the midst of [other] trees, and she saw her bulk in the multitude of her branches.
Cabangnya kuat, tak mudah dipatahkan layak dijadikan tongkat kerajaan. Puncaknya tinggi menjulang menjangkau awan-awan. Ia dikagumi semua orang sebab ia tinggi dan daunnya rindang.
12 But she was broken down in wrath, she was cast upon the ground, and the east wind dried up her choice [branches]: vengeance came upon them, and the rod of her strength was withered; fire consumed it.
Tetapi ia dicabut oleh tangan-tangan yang marah, kemudian dicampakkan ke tanah. Angin Timur bertiup, mengeringkan buahnya yang segar. Dahannya patah, menjadi kering lalu dibakar.
13 And now they have planted her in the wilderness, in a dry land.
Kini ia ditanam di padang pasir, di tanah gersang dan tidak berair.
14 And fire is gone out of a rod of her choice [boughs], and has devoured her; and there was no rod of strength in her. Her race is become a parable of lamentation, and it shall be for a lamentation.
Batang anggur itu dijilat api menjalar; cabang dan buahnya habis terbakar. Dahannya kini tanpa kekuatan; tak mungkin dijadikan tongkat kerajaan. Itulah ratapan yang berulang-ulang dinyanyikan oleh umat.
